46.8% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingsbury · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kingsbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of residents now speak a language other than English in Kingsbury. Nearly half of the people here use another language at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the common languages spoken, including Mandarin (7.5%), Vietnamese (6.8%), Italian (4.4%), and Greek (4.2%), while 8.7% of residents speak little or no English.
8.7% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Kingsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21363/kingsbury/topic/language